...thought I knew where I wanted to go in life and who I was. I did not think mission trips would be a path I would have chosen. However, I realized I loved missions on my first trip to Peru. I went to a girls’ home, where I did work projects for the girls, which included painting their laundry room and redoing their playground. What I loved most of all was spending time with the girls and playing games with them. This exposure filled my heart and became my passion. Through this, I understand that missions are the path that God is moving me towards. He showed me that you do not need the same language to interact with everyone. It takes body language and acceptance. On my second mission trip, I went to an orphanage for special needs children called The Gabriel House. At the Gabriel House, I made a connection with a young boy named Edwardo. I believe that I made that connection with Edwardo because my dad takes care of special needs students, so I have been around them for as long as I can remember. We would play games together, but what I mostly enjoyed was when I held him in my arms. On this mission trip, I realized that special needs people are just like us. They are God’s special people, and we need to care for them and love them....
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...Mission Trip Part B: Budget Plan For Mission Trip Slovenia A mission trip to reach as many people as possible is only good if the numbers are reasonable, not only in terms of helping the population but also reaching the population with a reasonable budget. For this reason our mission trip will be going to Ljubljana, Slovenia. where the population is 279,000 as of 2014 with a growth rate of -.26% according to the CIA (CIA, 2015). This will give us a manageable number of people to reach with a rational budget. The mission trip will have a modest budget for 10 missionaries for 30 days. Each missionary will be responsible for $5,000 for expenses which totals $50,000 which will be due one week before they leave. Many of the medical supplies will be donated such as the vaccines, medical equipment to administer the vaccines and dispose the used needles properly. There will be a general account that will have $7,500 for unseen expenses. With all expenses included it will cost $9,041.54 per person, which is $90,415.40 for all ten missionaries, then adding the $7,500 for unseen expenses brings the total to $97,915.40. The missionaries have currently saved $9,791.54 which is 10% of the total. This money will be invested at 4% APR compounded quarterly. . $9,791,54(5)=$11947.54 After five years the account will have $11,947.53 which leaves $85,967.87 to be raised by the missionaries, donated or supplied by the missionaries. One of the companies that have...
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...Imagine being subjected to the solitude of the mountains, going a week without a proper toilet, clean water, or even cell service. Walking miles upon miles, in seemingly hellish temperature just to do something for someone else. Welcome to my journey last February. Roughly a year ago, I endured a week-long Mission Trip in Guatemala. First reading that thoughts probably came up along the lines of "oh that's neat, but what's so fun about that?" For one second, stop thinking about whatever you're thinking and picture this. A hot, quiet day with the sun beating down on your skin. You're sitting under a luscious green tree trying to find as much shade possible while you watch everything go on around you. Children, barely clothed and barefoot laughing...
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...Math-144 December 8, 2015 Professor Mission Project B On This mission trip we are heading to Viedma Argentina. There will be 10 people going including myself and we will stay for a total of 4 weeks. The purpose of our mission trip is to bring supplies to the poor people of this country. The reason I chose Argentina is because of its economic issues in regards to there being so many people living in poverty (Reed, D. 2014). The supplies we will be bringing will be all donated items from churches and from different companies. This includes clothes, food, toys, pampers, toiletries, school supplies, household items (pots, dishes etc), and linens. These supplies will be sent over ahead of time eliminating us having to bring it ourselves. I will break down the total amount of expenses needed to cover this trip to make sure we are on budget and covered in every aspect. A flight to Viedma Argentina costs $3,185.60 per person round trip from May 16th until June 13th, I found this price on the Priceline website. For ten people this will cost $31,856. The flight will take 25 hours and 19 minutes from Savannah, Ga to Viedma because there will be 3 different layover stops. For our lodging instead of booking a hotel I chose to find a vacation rental because hotels don’t have kitchens in the rooms and room service will eventually be more costly. The home, Casa balneario el condor Viedma costs $130 per night instead of per person, per night at the hotels. For the duration of 27 nights the...
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...returning to the Dominican Republic in May on my second mission trip with Fellowship of Christian Athletes. I am currently underway with my sophomore year of nursing school at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where I am also a contracted cadet through Army ROTC. My experiences in the Dominican last spring were truly a blessing sent from God. I embarked on the journey believing that I would be changing the lives of those living in Hato Mayor. Instead, my life was forever changed. I gained a greater appreciation for my faith and all the blessing I have living here in the states. I was personally able to serve the Lord working in make shift medical clinics we set up in churches. As a first year nursing student this was the most hands on learning I had experienced yet in the field. I aided in reconstructing portions of local villages and spreading the word of the Lord to those around me. FCA has become my home within the past year and one of the largest support systems I have here on campus while I am away from my family and home. As students, athletes, and future officers of the U.S. Army we all...
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...facility; Meal and Supply efficiencies, food have to be delivered warm andsupplies on time; Space, for visitors, family members and capacitation; Privacy, a very importantvariable because this can give to the patients the serenity and peace they need; Location, x-ray,laboratories, management, pharmacy, etc. must have a specific place in the layout and finallyincorporate areas for medical and non-medical personnel. The second question asks about the advantages of the circular pod design over thetraditional linear hallway layout. One of the advantages of the circular pod design is that is mucheasier for nurses to see and reach each room, this means that the travel time for nurses will beminimized, but not only will save time, will give more medical efficiency for doctors and staff ingeneral. In addition, the circular pod system can supply two rooms at the same time and this issomething that the traditional linear hallway is limited. The third question asks for a total distance traveled for a nurse (Thomas Smith) duringthe day. He makes 6 round trips to each of the 12 patient rooms, 20 to medical supply, 5 break...
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...The time that I have applied leadership and an immense amount of communication is when my family and I head down to Mexico on a missions trip. Once a year we pack our bags and head across borders driving a total of 16 hours, going into the heart of Mexico we drive through Chihuahua City arriving at a little town called Anahuac. Inside Anahuac is an orphanage called “Casa de la Esperanza,” it is filled with laughter and a second chance for kids who never got the attention and love they deserved. This orphanage has roughly 40-70 kids a year ranging in size, age, and backgrounds you would never wish on anyone. Hearing some of these children’s stories and where they came from would never reflect on who they were on the inside, all these kids want is love and friendship and they would quickly give it back. The very first time we arrived at Casa a lot was going through my mind, since this was a new experience that was out of my comfort zone. I felt times like these really help expand and push limits of leadership and communication that benefit and support a community in need. Casa is truly an amazing place that focuses their vision not on themselves but on the neighboring community, they supply and conduct food drives, medical exams and taking care of whatever else needs to be done in the town of Anahuac. After hearing what was expected of us in this trip I knew I was going to thrive and truly help make a difference. Casa takes in these children...
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...I’ve always felt that nursing has been my calling, but I never knew how far into nursing I would want to go. I’ve always been labeled as caring and helpful, and I believe that there is no better way to help people than to help them when they need it the most. Nursing is not an easy career, but I know that whatever I put my mind to I can accomplish. One reason that I chose nursing is because of the impact that nurses have made on me. When I was in kindergarten my older brother became extremely ill. He was in the hospital for two weeks. My family and I were very concerned that he would not survive. While I don’t really remember much from the hospital stay I can remember my parents and church members talking about how good my brother’s nurses...
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...Overlake Medical Center, located in Bellevue, Washington is a large not for profit regional medical center. Over 50 years ago Overlake began providing medical care to the Puget Sound’s Eastside residents. They opened their doors to the community on October 16th, 1960 and after multiple expansions, Overlake is now a 337 bed, level III trauma center. Overlake “offers a comprehensive range of services including cardiac care, cancer care, general and specialty surgery, women’s programs, senior care and psychiatric services” ("Overlake Hospital services," n.d.). The Affordable Care Act is a recent legislation that is changing our current health care system. One of the most noticeable changes that we are seeing is the addition of the Health Insurance Marketplace. The marketplace will help uninsured people obtain health coverage. This change to health care will give all Americans access to health insurance. As a current employee of Overlake Hospital we talk about how our organization will help the newly insured take advantage of our primary care facilities and avoid costly trips to the emergency rooms. Overlake has been using random patient customer service surveys to gauge how we are meeting our goals. Patients are asked general questions like how they heard about our facilities and even if they were greeted at the front desk with a smile. Each department at Overlake has set a goal and these patient surveys help the organization live up to their mission and values. Organizations like...
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...Spinal Missions is an organization committed to acquainting underprivileged populaces to chiropractic and they have been dedicated to this objective since 2006. In the last 6 years they have served more than 100,000 people and acquainted them to chiropractic care. This amazing event includes several hours of education and practical service. The main purpose of this organization is to give passionate chiropractic care to those who need it and to give an opportunity to serve people, particularly in developing cultures. A group of medical professionals and chiropractic students had an extremely undesirable experience when they were travelling in a Spinal Missions chiropractic mission trip to Jamaica. A team of nearly 100 chiropractors landed...
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...Scandal Kamelia D. Sutton Rasmussen College School of Business Management Trust issues a GlaxoSmithKline Scandal GlaxoSmithKline is a global manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and consumer healthcare. “GSK’s mission is to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better, live longer (GlaxoSmithKline, 2014).” According to GSK “prioritizing ethics and performing with integrity is a priority (GlaxoSmithKline, 2014).” GlaxoSmithKline’s research and development is the center of the organization. When research is conducted it is done so in an ethically high standard along with quality standards. Since GSK is a public organization they state they are transparent in their research regardless if the outcome of the research is positive or negative. From 1999 through 2010, GlaxoSmithKline was involved in a scheme to deceive and defraud physicians, patients, regulators, and federal health care programs such as Medicare to prescribe and receive payment for drugs such as Paxil, Wellbutrin SR, and Advair. When we are children we are taught that doctors and nurses are supposed to make us feel better. They are the ones that make all the “boo boo’s” go away. But, what happens when someone puts their trust in a doctor, nurse, or medical professional and that trust is destroyed because of greed, and unethical and socially irresponsible practices? One of the top three global vaccine manufacturers, GlaxoSmithKline agreed to plead guilty and pay three billion...
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...ISL 223E FUNDAMENTALS OF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY 7 Due Date: 8.12. 2015 Laying Out Arnold Palmer Hospital's New Facility When Orlando's Arnold Palmer Hospital began plans to create a new 273-bed, 11-story hospital across the street from its existing facility, which was bursting at the seams in terms of capacity, a massive planning process began. The $100 million building, opened in 2006, was long overdue according to Executive Director Kathy Swanson. “We opened Arnold Palmer Hospital in 1989, with a mission to provide quality services for children and women in a comforting, family-friendly environment. Since then we have served well over 1.5 million women and children and now deliver more than 10,000 babies a year. By 2001, we simply ran out of room and it was time for us to grow.” The new hospital's unique, circular pod design provides a maximally efficient layout in all areas of the hospital, creating a patient-centered environment. Servicescape design features include a serene environment created through the use of warm colors, private rooms with pull-down Murphy beds for family members, 14-foot ceilings, and natural lighting with oversized windows in patient rooms. But these radical new features did not come easily. "This pod concept with a central nursing area and pie-shaped rooms resulted from over 1,000 planning meetings of 35 user groups, extensive motion and time studies, and computer simulations of the daily movements of nurses," says Swanson. In...
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...I do plan to practice medicine in an underserved or disadvantaged community after residency indeed. I know firsthand and empathize with those who lack adequate medical access. There are many physician practices that target areas with inadequate healthcare access. These physicians are extraordinary because they want to eliminate the healthcare disparities that exist. Moreover, they utilize and devote their profession in service to others. Despite their admirable efforts, these private practices are limited only to the specialty of the practicing physician, which means that certain medical specialties may simply not be available. This is why one of my dreams and goals when I become a physician is to build multiple hospitals that provide comprehensive healthcare free of charge to those who truly struggle with healthcare access....
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...religious pilgrimages[5] and mission trips, business travel,[5] trade,[5] commuting, and other reasons, such as to obtain health care[5] or fleeing war or for the enjoyment of traveling. Travel may occur by human-powered transport such as walking or bicycling, or with vehicles, such as public transport, automobiles, trains and airplanes. Motives to travel include pleasure,[6] relaxation, discovery and exploration,[5] getting to know other cultures[5] and taking personal time for building interpersonal relationships. Travel may be local, regional, national (domestic) or international. In some countries, non-local internal travel may require an internal passport, while international travel typically requires a passport and visa. A trip may also be part of a round trip, which is a particular type of travel whereby a person moves from their usual residence to one or several locations and returns. Travel safety See also: Air safety and Automobile safety Travelers in a China Southern Airlines airplane. Air travel is a common means of transport. It's important to take precautions to ensure travel safety.[7] When traveling abroad, the odds favor a safe and incident-free trip, however, travelers can be subject to difficulties, crime and violence.[8] Some safety considerations include being aware of one's surroundings,[7] avoiding being the target of a crime,[7] leaving copies of one's passport and itinerary information with trusted people,[7] obtaining medical insurance valid in the...
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...non-profit, primarily volunteer organization (http://www.roundupriverranch.org/). Their promise to visitors is neither flashy nor overwhelming; it is the exact kind of relaxating environment and healthy attitude that a family experiencing terminal illness needs. Their mission statement immediately puts people of all ages at ease, despite the gravity of the subject. It states: “Roundup River Ranch enriches the lives of children with serious illness and their families by offering free, medically supported camp programs that provide unforgettable opportunities to discover joy, friendships, and confidence”(http://www.roundupriverranch.org/). While it is a little non-specific, as a statement, it manages to convey the most important part of the experience: a way to feel something other than pain. The website itself is colorful and dramatic, with easily accessible menu bars highlighing the most important aspects of camp. Quick links along the left hand side of the page ensure that anyone visiting the site can find the information they need,...
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